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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 8 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
GROUP DEFRANCQ from Hooglede, company number BE0442793815, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 6.7 million after tax. For that financial year GROUP DEFRANCQ recorded revenue of € 9.8 million and equity of € 33.9 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € -509,525 to € 6.7 million. Profitable, and profit is growing. The buffer is growing. A strong own buffer against the debts. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on July 16, 2026.
€ 33.9 million
▲ 25% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 6.7 million
▲ still € 509,525 loss in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 474,289
▲ 131% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2025. Retained profit grew to € 30.4 million.
People and assets in 2025
13.7
▲ 2.1 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 1.1 million
▲ 25% vs 2024
€ 80,000 per full-time equivalent. Payroll staff only. What the director pays themselves is already netted into the gross margin and is not shown separately in the accounts.
€ 85,581
▼ 38% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 21.8 million
▲ 12% vs 2024
€ 4.8 million is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 5 years.
€ 456,717
▼ 14% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 36 days on average.
€ 279,496
▲ 46% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 6,131,391 | € 8,080,943 | € 8,034,829 | € 9,804,714 | ▲ 22% |
| Profit after taxes | € 469,307 | € 1,479,785 | € -509,525 | € 6,729,344 | ▲ € 7.2 million |
| Equity | € 26,703,457 | € 27,691,471 | € 27,148,178 | € 33,851,398 | ▲ 25% |
| Total debts | € 24,392,008 | € 29,715,244 | € 29,911,245 | € 34,484,637 | ▲ 15% |
| Cash | € 81,134 | € 307,988 | € 205,740 | € 474,289 | ▲ 131% |
| Land & buildings | € 20,024,840 | € 19,991,828 | € 20,917,137 | € 36,030,425 | ▲ 72% |
| Retained profit | € 23,060,637 | € 24,156,509 | € 23,663,073 | € 30,408,508 | ▲ 29% |
| Dividend | € 400,003 | € 400,003 | € 0 | € 0 | |
| Bank debt | € 19,625,367 | € 25,090,199 | € 19,505,015 | € 21,759,224 | ▲ 12% |
| Balance sheet total | € 51,338,227 | € 57,649,477 | € 57,302,185 | € 69,194,566 | ▲ 21% |
| Employees (FTE) | 8.5 | 10.1 | 11.6 | 13.7 | ▲ 2.1 |
Key figures of GROUP DEFRANCQ, fiscal years 2022 to 2025, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2026) expected before 31 July 2027.
What happened to GROUP DEFRANCQ?
What happened at GROUP DEFRANCQ in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 6.7 million. Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Oupeye. KBO
- New establishment in Leuze-en-Hainaut. KBO
- New establishment in Roeselare. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 469,307 profit in 2022 to € 6.7 million profit in 2025.
Paid € 1.3 million in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2025, with € 6.7 million profit.
Paid out € 800,006 in dividends to the owners in total.
Management
Behind GROUP DEFRANCQ are Derie CommV, Geert Cool, Rina Defrancq, Coolkids BV and United Balance BV. The shares are held by DEFRANCQ BOUWSPECIALITEITEN NV (0%). It owns 100% of Defrancq Finance, 100% of Defrancq Bouwspecialiteiten and 100% of Distritoit itself.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Director · represented by Katja Cool
Also active at: DEFRANCQ BOUWSPECIALITEITEN, DISTRITOIT
Geert Cool
Managing director
Also active at: DEFRANCQ BOUWSPECIALITEITEN, DISTRITOIT, Bato Bouwmaterialen
Rina Defrancq
Managing director
Also active at: DEFRANCQ BOUWSPECIALITEITEN, DISTRITOIT, Bato Bouwmaterialen
Director · represented by Jelle Cool
Also active at: DEFRANCQ BOUWSPECIALITEITEN, DISTRITOIT
Director · represented by Carl Cool
Also active at: DEFRANCQ BOUWSPECIALITEITEN, DISTRITOIT, VERMO
Shareholders
Participations
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Ieperstraat 65
8830 Hooglede
Hoge-Barrierestraat 8
8800 Roeselare
Active since 25 March 1991
Rue du Développement durable(L) 7
7900 Leuze-en-Hainaut
Active since 26 October 2020
Rue du Passage d'Eau 24
4681 Oupeye
Active since 23 December 2021
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0442.793.815
- VAT number
- BE 0442.793.815
- Registered office
- Ieperstraat 65, 8830 Hooglede
- Names & denominations
- GROUP DEFRANCQ
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 20 December 1990
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 3 Dec 2025
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